by Sydney Smith on May 09, 2019
Royal Baby Archie: BBC axes host for royal baby chimp picture
The BBC fired radio host Danny Baker for tweeting a racist picture. The picture, which he captioned "Royal Baby leaves...
Social Media & Online Commenting
by Sydney Smith on May 07, 2019
Seattle Times suspends Mike Rosenberg, investigating sexual harassment tweets
The Seattle Times suspended an unnamed "news employee" after allegations of sexual harassment. While the Times didn't name him, the...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 14, 2019
New York Times deletes crossword puzzle tweets
The New York Times tweeted several times this week criticizing a reader for joking about killing a pundit if they...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 13, 2019
Wall Street Journal changing online comments
The Wall Street Journal is changing its online comments system, and renaming the section "audience conversations." Wall Street Journal spokesperson...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 11, 2019
BBC: Stop posting political opinions on social media
The BBC told staff not to post "strong political views" and criticism of other staff members on social media else...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 01, 2019
New Zealand’s Stuff changes comment section guidelines after mosque terror attacks
New Zealand's Stuff website is changing how it moderates online comments after the March 15 Christchurch mosque terror attack. According...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 27, 2019
The Economist offends with transgender sterilization tweet
The Economist tweeted, "Should transgender people be sterilised before they are recognised?" That is the first line of its March...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2019
Australia’s Channel 7 tweets, deletes photo of Tayla Harris kick over ‘reprehensible’ comments from trolls
Channel 7 Australia posted a picture of Australian Football League player Tayla Harris kicking a goal on its Facebook page,...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 22, 2019
HuffPost fires social media editor after racist Instagram posts
The Huffington Post fired social media editor Ashley Rose last month for her racist comments on Instagram, Deadspin reported. Among...